The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20
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| taken prisoner but was released in time to help
| capture Alexandria He followed the fortunes
of war south of Cairo. and was wounded in the
| famous battle of Tel-el-Kebir. For distinguished
bravery in this battle and saving the life of a
ding officer he decorated with a
medal by Queen Victoria. of four he now
| wears His last taste of warfare was in the
| fruitless hunt of Lord Wolseley after the False
| Prophet and General Gordon.
GEORGE MCDONALD, the famous British nov
elist, poet, and preacher, is man of sixty-three
years of age. though he does not look more than
| forty. He derives a handsome income from
thirty volumes of novels and nine volumes of
poetry. He receives annual pension of $500
! from the Queens civil list a monument to his
literary ability. AS a preacher ne has high
| reputation. His delivery is most impressive and
his discourses are both scholarly and broad
| minded
| CoLoRow, the Ute chief, who is Fmakinc the
| disturbance in Colorado, is an enormous old
savage weighing 300 pounds He is what is
| known in baseball slang as "a kicker" He has
never been satisfied with the government and
| has been more or less rebelious all his life He
used to visit Denver very often, and one oc-
| casion went to Governor McCook's Office and be-
| came rather insolent. Governor McCook kicked
| Colorow of his Office and down fiji ght of
stairs ito the street.
| CARDINAL MANNING is over six feet in hight
and very slender, his shoulders slightly rounded.
His face is particularly gentle and kindly in its
expression. His forehead is broad and high.
| His eyes are dark gray. well sunken under pro-
| jecting eyebrows. His nose is fierce, aristo-
cratic Roman. His face is quite angular and is,
of course, smooth shaven His cheek bones
are high, with a large depression in the hollow
OF the chin. His mouth is thin-lipped and
straight. His chin is pointed projecting. and
most positive in its lines. He wears his Cardi-
mars cap slightly over one ear, giving him rather
a dashing air.
AN American girl, daughter of Ogden Brad.
La III Nav ND Mo of Of
Maine, has won diploma from the famous Paris
school of Medicine. passing brilliant examina-
ton and receiving the maximum mark Her
thesis was ''Iodism." and for and hour and half
the leading professor of the school, each of
whom had been provided with copy of the
thesis In the black gown and white fchu,
prescribed for candidates, she reminded the
audience of "Portia' in the trial scene Of the
Merchant Of Venice"
THIS is the story of Maharajah Holkar's sud
den departure from London during the jubilee
1t was arranged that he was to attend the I'm
perial Institute cornerstone laying going in the
procession just after couple of German princes
What" he cried, II follow a brace of peddlng
Dutchmen2 Not muchw "But you must said
Sir Lepel Griffin; the Queen expects you and will
be angry 1t you don't CO." And he emphasized
his remark by laying hold of Holkar's arm.
What" roared the Indian, ''has the master be-
come the slaves will not 60, I say" In
hour he was on his way to Paris.
well, says Philadelphia Record writer. hap
pened to be at Sherman's home in Mansfield dur
ing the extremely hot spell last month. One
day he looked over at Sherman writing steadily
away at his desk without whiting his collar
turning halr. and quietly remarked: Il am
very fortunate to be staying with you during this
hot weather." Yes" responded Sherman,
this house stands on the highest spot in Ohio,
it's usually pretty cool even on hot days" Then
he looked up, caught the twinkle in my friends
eye and laughed. Eyes. they do say am cold.
But don't know why they should"
A STORMY career was that of Armand Carrel,
to whom monument has just been erected at
Rouen. He was adventurous from the moment
that he left St. Cyr until he was shot by Emile
de Girardin, who swore the tomb of his ad
versary never to fight duel again. When,
fighting in Spain in the Foreign Liberal Legion,
which was composed of Frenchmen and Italians
the colonel an Italian. thought he the
French waver and said You lie," retorted
Carrel. and charged with his men like maniac.
A year afterward he was tried by courtmartial
and was about TO throw chair at the president,
when he was carried out of the court by soldiers,
IT ia a fact not generally known that Presi-
dent Cleveland has minute acquaintance with
the pedigrees Of the short horn cattle of this
country. THE American Short-horn Herd
Book" is the standard work the subject of
which it treats, and is a book known to every
cattle-raiser in the United States. Nearly thirty
years ago President Cleveland took personal
interest in the compilation of many volumes of
this work. He helped to correct and arrange
the pedigrees in the second, third. fourth and
fifth volumes, and has never forgotten the
knowledge then acquired concerning short
horns.
THE Abyssinian alphabet consists of 208 char
acters, each of which is written distinctly and
separately. like the letters of European printed
book. The labor required to write Abyssn-
ian book is therefore immense, and sometimes
years are consumed in the preparation of a
single volume. Mr. Cuzon, English scholar,
visited an Abysslnian monastry a few miles from
Cairo, and was surprised to find therein one Of
the most unique of libraries In 8 room twenty
six feet by twenty, number of long wooden
pegs projected from the wall. and on them hung
about fifty Abyssinian books in manuscript. As
the entire literature of Abyssinia does not in
cude more than one hundred volumes the monks
were proud of their library. Each book
bound in red leather in boards, and inclosed
in case tied up with leather thongs. TO this
case was attached a strap for the convenience of
carrying the volume over the shoulders and by
these straps the books were hung to the wooden
pegs, three four to peg. The room thus
for the monks to lean at the time of prayer. 1t
had the appearance of guard-room, where the
soldiers had hung their knapsacks and cartridge
boxes against the wall
COMMENT AND OPINION.